The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and providing an addendum opinion from a VA examiner regarding whether the Veteran's diagnosed major depression disorder is related to his period of service or secondary to his service-connected migraine headache disability.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly stated but implied in the need for further medical evaluation and development of the record.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2015
- Citation
- 1507778
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, joint pain, fatigue, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10-percent rating for the Veteran's plantar wart right foot and service connection for tinnitus, while remanding several other claims for further development.
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